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[Senate Doc.  81.] 

MEMORIAL 


TO   THE 


Lmm^mma  ®f  TO^YM^omoGM, 


ON   THE 


EXTENSION  OF  THE  CENTRAL  RAIL 


TO   THE 


wm  <m  ssw^mwLS, 


RALEIGH  : 

Thos.  J.  Lemay,  Printer  to  the  State. 

1850. 

72 


Senate,  Dec.  0,  1860.     Presented  by  Mr.  WASHINGTON.     Rend  ami  referred 
to  Committee  on.  Internal  Improvements  and  ordered  to  be  printed. 


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or 


MEMORIAL. 


Tb  Me  Honorable,   the  Seyxate  and  House   of  Commons   of  the 
State  of  North  Carolina,  in  General  Assembly  convened. 

The  memorial  of  the  undersigned  citizens  of  the  Counties  of 
Craven,  Jones,  Lenoir,  Greene,  and  others,  respectfully  sheweth 
unto  your  honorable  body,  that  the  town  of  Newbern  is,  and  ever 
has  been,  the  principal  market  town  and  shipping  port  for  the 
produce  of  all  that  section  of  country  embraced  between  the 
waters  of  the  Tar  river  on  the  north,  and  the  Whittock  river  on 
the  south,  and  extending  as  far  into  the  interior  of  the  State  as  the 
Counties  of  Wayne  and  Johnston — the  population  of  which  said 
district  numbers  about  54,000  persons,  and  producing  among  other 
things,  3,180,000  bushels  of  corn,  167,145  head  of  hogs,  3,650,- 
000  pounds  of  cotton,  270,000  barrels  of  Turpentine,  and  lumber 
to  die  value  of  80,000  dollars;  besides  having  $700,000  capital 
invested  in  commerce,  and  $250,000  in  manufactures,  the  greater 
part  of  which  said  productions,  has  heretofore  been  shipped  from 
and  through  the  port  of  Newbern.  In  addition  to  all  which,  the 
trade  of  the  said  town  with  the  Western  counties  of  this  State  has 
heretofore  been  carried  on  by  means  of  wagons,  <o  a  very  large 
and  considerable  extent.  The  merchant  receiving  the  productions 
of  the  West,  consisting  of  flcur,  lard,  pork,  bacon,  Whiskey,  to- 
bacco, butter,  &e,,  in  quantities  sufficient  to  supply  the  home  de- 
mand, and  leaving  a  large  surplus  for  exportation;  and  exchanging 
therefor  the  products  of  the  West  Indies  and  Northern  markets. — 
The  Western  trade  demanding  West  India  produce,  and  furnish- 
ing the  means  to  an  extent  which  kept  over  sixty  sail  of  vessels 
actively  and  constantly  employed  in  that  branch  of  business  alone. 
The  imports  and  exports  of  said  town  being  some  millions  in  val- 
^^  ue,and  both  the  town  and  surrounding  country  exhibiting  a  degree 
^0  of  prosperity  and  advancement,  which  was  trulv  cheering  and  en- 
v*      trauragmg  to  a  patriotic  bosom, 

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And  your  memorialists  further  sh.e\v,  that  since  the  system  of 
Internal  Improvements,  adopted  and  prosecuted  with  so  much  en- 
erg  v  and  wis  foresight  by  the  State  of  Virginia  on  the  north,  and 
Soutli  Carolina  on  the  south  of  us,  opening  up  facilities  and  means 
of  communication  to  their  own  markets  from  the  very  bowels  of 
our  own  $iate,  by  the  superior  advantages  of  their  Rail  Roads  and 
other  modes  of  transportation,  our  planters  from  the  west,  from  the 
north  and  from  the  south,  have  been  induced  bv  the  greater  ease 
with  which  they  can  reach  the  markets  and  ports  of  other  States, 
entirely  to  neglect  and  abandon  our  own  towns  and  sea-ports,  and 
transfer  their  whole  trade,  with  all  the  profits  arising  therefrom,  to 
the  Commercial  marts  of  other  States,  thereby  depriving  our  own 
citizens  of  the  wealth  arising  from  such  commerce  and  traffic,  and 
almost  entirely  estranging  citizen  from  citizen,  and  creating  a  feel- 
ing of  coldness  and  indifference  between  the  Eastern  and  Western 
sections  of  our  State.  In  illustration  of  which  facts,  your  memo- 
rialists would  cite  your  Honorable  body  to  the  single  article  of  to- 
bacco, of  which,  this  State  produces  17, 000,000  of  pounds;  scarce  a 
pound  of  which  passes  through  our  own  poits,  nor  does  the  State 
of  North  Carolina  even  get  the  credit  abroad  of  producing  a  pound 
of  that  valuable  and  highly  important  staple;  Virginia  manufac- 
tures it,  Virginia  ships  it,  Virginia  makes  the  profit  on  it,  and  Vir- 
ginia receives  all  the  credit  for  it. 

And  your  memorialists  further  shew,  that  in  consequence  of  said 
Internal  Improvements  and  other  facilities  possessed  by  neighbor- 
ing States,  and  our  own  utter  destitution  of  any  other  means  of 
transportation  than  the  common  wagon  and  carts  of  the  country, 
the  great  Commercial  and  Shipping  interests,  of  this  State  are  now  in 
a  very  precarious  and  languishing  condition;  the  trade  of  the  west 
which  heretofore  bouyed  up  and  sustained  the  same,  has  been 
drawn  off  to  swell  the  commerce  and  enrich  the  citizens  of  other 
States;  and  instead  now  of  receiving  the  bacon,  lard,  flour,  tobac- 
co, whiskey,  butter.  &c,  from  the  west  in  an  abundance,  not  only 
.o  supply  the  demand  for  home  consumption.,  but  with  a  largo  sur- 
plus for  exportation,  and  thus  using  the  productions  of  our  own 
State  and  contributing  to  the  wealth  of  our  own  agriculturist,  and 
in  return  supplying  him  with  the  productions  of  other  marts,  wo 
are  now  actually  importing  for  home  consumption  of  Northern  pro-. 


- 
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5.  [5 GO] 

ducc;  Flour  to  the  amount  of  7000  barrels;  lime  4000  barrels; 
pork  3100  barrels;  butter  37,500  pounds;  whiskey  1921  barrels;  hay 
94,200  pounds;  coal  300  tons;  potatoes  4200  barrels;  cheese  25,- 
000  pounds:  tobacco  10,000  pounds;  buckwheat,  vinegar,  &c, 
&c,  besides  larger  quantities  of  such  dry  goods  and  wares,  as  are 
now  being  manufactured  in  the  west  and  within  the  borders  of  our 
own  State;  and  instead  of  sixty  vessels  and  more  being  engaged 
in  supplying  the  demands  of  our  trade  with  the  West  Indies,  the 
sailing  of  a  vessel  for  those  Islands  is  but  an  occasional  thing;  and 
the  produce  of  those  places  which  we  now  consume,  actually 
reaches  us  by  way  of  and  through  the  port  of  New  York.  To  so 
low  an  ebb  has  our  once  flourishing  trade  and  commerce  sunk  in 
consequence  af  the  want  of  adequate  facilities  for  intereommun  j- 
cation  with  our  own  citizens  of  the  interior, 

In  consideration  of  the  premises,  and  forasmuch  as  the  only 
remedy  for  these  eyils  which  the  experience  of  your  memorialists 
suggests  should  be  devised,  is,  the  construction  and  building  of  a 
Rail  Road  in  connexion  with  the  Central  Rail  Road,  and  from  the 
terminus  of  the  same,  to  the  said  port  of  Newbern,  thereby  affording 
those  facilities  for  internal  commerce,  communication  and  exchange, 
of  which  we  are  now  entirely  destitute,  and  of  which  we  so  se- 
verely feel  the  need,  enabling  us  again  to  build  up  our  depressed 
trade,  commerce  and  manufactures,  and  developing  those  resour- 
ces of  our  native  Slate  which  should  place  us  foremost  in  the 
rank  of  wealth,  power  and  improvement  amid  our  sister  States, 
and  to  the  sustaining  and  perfecting  this  work  of  most  obvious  ne- 
cessity, we  confidently  look  to  the  fostering  care  and  patriotic  de- 
votion of  your  Honorable  body,  and  to  aid  and  assist  them  in  car- 
rying out  this  most  laudable  work,  your  memorialists  do  humbly 
pray  your  honorable  body  to  grant  them  a  Charter  for  a  Rail  Road 
10  extend  from  the  terminus  of  the  Central  Rail  Road  to  the  town 
of  Newbern,  with' the  privileges,  immunities  and  restraints,  and 
upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  the  charter  granted  by  your 
honorable  body  to  the  said  Central  Rail  Road  Company;  and  that 
the  State  may  become  interested  to  the  same  extent  in  the  Stock 
thereof,  and  that  your  honorable  body  will  grant  such  other  and 
further  aid  and  relief  in  the  premises  as  the  nature  and  circumstan. 
ees  of  this  case  may  lequire,  and  as  to  your  honorable  body  shall 
seem  meet. 


[57 0]  6 

And  your  memorialists  as  in  duty  bound  will  ever  pray,  &c. 


John  Blackwell, 
J.  R.  Justice, 
Richard  N.  Taylor, 
E.  K.  Stanly, 
Wm.   H.  Mayhew, 
Emmet  Cuthbert, 
Wm.  II.  Pearce, 
Charles  Kelley, 
Isham  Jackson, 
J.  R.  Allen, 
Sebastian  Bangert, 
Bryan  Jones, 
J.  Graham  'full, 
John  S.  Winthrop,  Jim., 
Rufus  W.  Bell, 
J.  E.  Morris, 
W.  Gray, 
Jos.  J.  Roberson, 
Isaac  \V.  Hughes, 
M.  W.  H.Surnell, 
John  S.  Gaskill, 
Thomas  C.  Willis, 
Wm.  B.  Darling, 
John  Hutchinson, 
Alex.  Justice, 
John  A.   Crispin, 
Chas.  C  Clark, 
Moses  W.  Jarvis, 
Thos.  Fairbairn, 
George  F.  Fisher, 
W.  \V.  Fife, 
J.  N.  Stevenson, 
Lewis  Phelps, 
James  Hancock, 
George  P.  Young, 
Elijah  Lovet, 
L.  B.  Hutson, 
John  II.  Hutson, 
Amous  Squirrs, 
Bathnobuell, 
Wm.  Dunn, 
G.  W.  Street, 
Gilford  Warren, 
II.  C.  Lucas, 
James  Muse, 
Parker  J.  Siuilh, 
John  F.  Jones, 


William  H.  Oliver, 
James  B.  Emery, 
Jas.  W.  Carmer, 
J.  M.  F.  Harrison, 
J.  D.  Flanner, 
Joseph  W.  Jones, 
Robt.  D.  Dunn, 
II.  D.  Whitehurst, 
John  Gilbnrn, 
L.  B.  Huggins, 
John  D.  Mayo, 
J.  S.  Woodbridge, 
Henry  Covert, 
Anion  Joyuer, 
Cicero  M.  Davis, 

A.  C.  Blount, 
Solomon  Witherington, 
Lacy  Phillips, 

M.  Mathews, 
Rigdon  Moore, 
Otis  Porter, 
Joshua  Bessee, 
Alex.  Miller, 
John  F.  Hauff, 
Daniel  W.  Hurt, 
Wm.  T.  Willis, 
Asa  Brooks, 
Titus  Carr, 
Henry  I.  Green. 
E.  Ferguson, 
John  S.  McCottcr, 
John  Dibble, 
Samuel  G.  Duffy, 
William  Laylort, 
Michael  Linton, 
John  D.   Homebluc, 
T.  C.  Foreman, 
Jamer  Hayward, 
Charles  Slover, 
Wm.  L.  Sears, 
T.C.  Smith, 
Thomas  Wilborn, 
H.  C.  Wood, 

B.  Oliver, 

Jas.  S.  Wallace, 
Jas.  W.  Gastili, 
S.  S,  Willis, 


7. 


[571] 


W  illiam  Jones, 
Samuel  Oliver, 
Alex.  Mitchell, 
D.   T.  Oarrawcy. 
F.  A.  Carrawav. 
Miles  Brothers, 
Chas.  S.   Allen, 
Jns.  F.  Nelson. 
John  Parrit, 
V.  Dixon, 
J.  M.  C   Brinson, 
C.  H.  Hurt, 
A.  Seans, 
Thomas  J.  Hyson, 
Thomas  S.  Goodh.g, 
M.  Street, 
George  W.  Blaney, 
John  N.  Hyman, 
Robert  S,  Kershaw. 
S.  F.  Street, 
(4.  W.  Howard,  .Tun. 
Win.   Williams. 
C.  Hancock, 
Benj.M.  Cook.  esq.. 
Wallace  Piver, 
George  Smith, 
A.  Sampson, 
John  Smith, 
Frances  Fulcher, 
Caleb  Broten, 
Pharo  Lewis, 
John  Willson, 
Abel  Howard. 
Deaml  Jackson, 
Noa  Baretl, 
George  Smith, 
Gilfurd   Gakins, 
George  Allen, 
Samuel  Mastins, 
J.  A  Meadows, 
J.  M.  Gooding, 
Zachcus  Brown, 
]>.  B.  Lane, 
James  W.  Cox. 
W,  C  White. 
Wm.  Simmons, 
/,.  Slade. 

George' W.  Nance, 
William  Wilson, 


Jesse  D.  Beall, 
John  Charlotte, 
Alex.  II.  Stanly. 

E.  Osborne, 
John  Harvey, 
Nelson  Wbitlord, 
John  S.  Ilnnter, 
John  C.  Coart, 
A.  II.  Barrow, 
Geo.  W.  Dixon,  Jr., 
William  Hay, 
Jacob  Gooding,  Jr. 
J.  B.  Oxby. 

H.  E.  French, 
Thomas  Gray, 

F.  Hover, 
Jerry  Merret, 
Robert  Harvey, 
J.  Cicero  Justice, 
"Wm.  H.  Harvey, 
John  Taylor, 
Rile  Lathinghonse, 
Lemuel  Da}-. 
James  Smith. 
John  Allen, 

John  Howard, 
A.  H.  Richardson, 
L.  R.  M.  White, 
M.  Phillips, 
H.  Brinson, 
Joseph  A.  Williams, 
John  Sears, 
E.  Abramandeleer, 
Samuel  W.  Morris, 
Ww.  B.  WTood, 
Parson  Pittman, 
S.  B.  Forbes,. 
John  C.  Comcron 
John  Danes, 
William  C.  Willis, 
George  Sal  ten, 
Joseph  Gaskill, 
Daniel  Lockharr. 
Samuel  S.  Smith, 
Ossian  Hanks, 
James  J.  Howard, 
Wm.  P.  Roberson. 
Thomas  J.  Howard, 
Wm.  P.  Moore, 


<2] 


8. 


James  A.  Seydara, 
Henry  Creekman, 
John  Creekman, 
John  L.  Stranbury, 
Frederick  A.  Moore, 
John  B.  Lane, 
Benjamin  B  Brooks, 
John  Kershaw, 
Charles  D.  Fulcher. 
W.  G.  Singleton, 
Henry  M.  Allen, 
N.  S.  Brown, 
Joseph  Gaskin, 
Win,  C.  Whitford, 
Jesse  Gaskins 
John  D.  Whitford, 
E.  Harvey, 
John  Bryant, 
John  Creekman,  Jr., 
W.  H.  Jones, 
William  G.  Brvan,  Jr., 

D.  W.  Gosby," 
John  L.  Dulaud, 
J.  M.  Agostine. 
J.  Disosway, 
John  B.  Waltar, 
B.  W.  Brown, 
J.  S.  Cu minings, 
W.  D.  Hutchins, 

E.  Colbnt, 
R.  B.  Brown, 
R.  A.  Davis, 
H.  B  Sam,  Jr., 
W.  J.  Williams, 
J.  Mildrum, 

B.  Bentmyen, 
John  Hill, 
L.  R.  Clank, 
Silas  Shatham, 
Alozo  D.  Willis, 
M  A.  W.  Elmer, 
J  Burrow, 
W  Hamilton, 
J  A  Smith, 
J  M  Roberts, 
W  Foy, 
D  Strutten, 
J  J  Streets, 
F  C  Metis, 


George  G.  Smith, 
John  Osgood, 
Isaac  Lewis, 
John  M.'  Wrebster, 
Geo.  Cooper, 
Edward  Hardy, 

C.  J.  White, 

D.  W.  Dudley, 
D.  D.  Sirmoud, 
Joseph  P.  Cosey, 
Jonathan  R.  Baiiy, 
William  Baily, 

R.  A.  Richardson, 

H.  W   Jones, 

John  W.  Giftbrd, 

R.  Castix, 

C.  F.  McLeod, 

Hizer  V.  Richardson, 

W.  Anderson, 

Jno.  Good, 

F  Muse, 

J  H  Muse, 

J  Hamontree. 

A  Bynan, 

B  Benun 

A  Cummings, 

J  A  Cummings, 

L  C  Robus, 

G  S  Smith, 

J  Elves, 

George  Smith 

Charles  Netherod, 

R  Speakman, 

J  Ball, 

T  Higley, 

Richard  Burk, 

S  Adams, 

James  Mucr, 

J  Miller, 

Edward  Perrciss 

J  T  Borott, 

Edward  H  Satter, 

D  Hollus, 

D  W  Hawter, 

E  Stanly, 

R  J  Jones, 

D  Hancock 

T  Jerkins, 

N  S  Riehardson. 


[ST8] 


D  Marter, 
N  A  Bray, 
J  Goody, 
J  A  Gnion, 
J  Scott, 
N  T  Gooding 
S  Bishop, 
F  J  Gardner, 
T  S  Jennings*. 
T  M  Smith, 
G  Gasking, 

0  C  Pratt, 
T  Wilson, 
J  Henry, 

J  B  Moore, 
J  W  Collins, 
T  W  May  hew, 
J  Haven 
R  Primrose, 
J  W  Hancock, 
F.  Lane, 
A  Ireland, 

1  Tavlor, 
A  G  Bell, 
T   Simpon, 
T  Sparrow, 
J  Foster' 

L  Trott, 

T  G  Foster*. 

J  Stanly, 

B.  Jones, 

H  Russell, 

L  Phife, 

J   Priest, 

D  H  Bell, 

S  Conoway, 

B.  Trott, 

L  B  Herritage, 

G  Allen, 

H  B  Smith, 

W  Jones, 

Edward  Hill, 

James  W  Watson, 

Jonn  Saulter, 

D  F  Arthur, 

James  Rose, 

J  Pittman, 

B  Ethridge, 

J  M  Arthur. 


T  M  Stevenson 
D  W  Gaskill, 
J  B  Huggins, 
S  A  Dunn, 
J  H  Lane, 
H  B  Lane, 
J.  Carter, 
J  Sincard 
T  Wallace, 
J  Pitmon, 
J  Gooding,  Sr, 
G  Buley,. 
P  Sins, 
J  W  Russell, 
A  W  Fentress, 
J.  C  Cole, 
E  B  Ritter, 
L  S  R-y, 
J  B  G  Barron, 
G  W  Conoway, 
J  W  Oliver, 
D  Hasket 
R  Hill. 
O  M  Pittoi, 
J  A  Charlotte, 
S  Rin, 
L  Stern. 
J  Curtis, 
E  H  Curtis, 
T  Green, 
A  Green, 
W  R  Street, 
R  Moore, 
B  F  Tucker, 
E  G  Davis, 
L  C  Bishop, 
J  Ball, 

James  Swhing, 
Solomon  Hove^, 
William  Hill, 
John  Rose, 
E  Piver, 
Stephen  Jones, 
Th^rp-'^  T     '"' 
Edward  G  Hall, 
Walter  Duffy, 
R  N  Duffy, 
S  M  Missellier. 
A  L  Simmons. . 
74 


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10 


P  Lepper, 
J  Lestis, 
R  Smith, 
J  Gooding, 
E  Rodrick, 
W  H  Gooding, 


A  N  Armanie 
J  S  Ives, 
E  Baul, 
C  Pittman, 
E  Jones. 
Benjamin  Ellis.. 


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